The purpose of buying is centred around acquiring rights to RARE’s IPs

Retro Studios is deep in development of a new Banjo-Kazooie title

Talks with Microsoft have been going on for some time

Zelda Informer themselves are debating the validity of this rumour as are we. Initially it would seem very un-Nintendo and very un-Microsoft to do such a move, but if you consider that RARE are now a shell of their former selves and haven’t produced a hit since the ill-fated acquisition, Nintendo would likely pay less than what Microsoft did back in 2002. Now that sounds like something Nintendo would do!